Newly added to the website

Warren Vale Closing – Manvers and Kilnhurst Taking Workers

March 1943
South Yorkshire Times, March 20, 1943 Warren Vale Closing Manvers and Kilnhurst Taking Workers The Warren Vale Collier between Swinton and Rawmarsh is to close on Saturday...

4 November 1944
South Yorkshire Times, November 11th 1944 America’s Choice President Roosevelt’s re-election for a fourth term as President of the United States is not surprising, but in...

“Salute Week” Plaques for Swinton and Kilnhurst

November 1944
South Yorkshire Times, November 4th 1944 “Salute Week” Plaques for Swinton and Kilnhurst Plaques to commemorate the success of “Salute the Soldier” Week were received on...

Cadet Week at Swinton – Over £50 Already Raised

November 1944
South Yorkshire Times, November 11th 1944 Swinton Army Cadet Corps Wall Scale A wall-scaling demonstration by members of the Swinton Army Cadet Corps, given as part...

Editorial – Election in the Air

4 November 1944
South Yorkshire Times, November 4th 1944 Election in the Air Since it seems that sooner or later we must resign ourselves to a resumption of the...

Marconigrams, October 28th, 1944

October 1944
South Yorkshire Times, October 28th 1944 Marconigrams Wath Main Colliery Co. have declared an interim dividend of 3%. In order to obtain funds for recreational and social...

Editorial – Root and Branch

21 October 1944
South Yorkshire Times, October 21st 1944 Root and Branch If Hitler and Himmler have their way the war will go on for a good deal yet,...

Father Christmas by Helicopter !

September 1970
South Yorkshire Times, September 5, 1970 Father Christmas by Helicopter ! Eyes skyward as the helicopter carrying Father Christmas comes into sight at Kilnhurst Welfare ground...

Airman – Sarjantson, John William – Missing At Arnhem

October 1944
South Yorkshire Times, October 21st 1944 Missing At Arnhem Staff-Sgt. Glider Pilot John William Sarjantson (21) has been reported missing following the airborne landing at Arnhem,...

Editorial – “White Paper” On Peace

14 October 1944
South Yorkshire Times, October 14th 1944 “White Paper” On Peace A White Paper on international security.  That description seems to fit the report on the Dumbarton...

Nursing Success

October 1944
South Yorkshire Times, October 7th 1944 Nursing Success Nurse Nellie Doris Godfrey, third daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. Godfrey, 14, Beighton Road, Kilnhurst, recently passed...

Editorial – A Winter Campaign?

7 October 1944
South Yorkshire Times, October 7th 1944 A Winter Campaign? With Christmas less than three months away and the Germans still hanging on grimly to their frontier...

The Great Blizzard

March 1933
South Yorkshire Times  March 3, 1933 The Great Blizzard The severest snowstorm in living memory broke over South Yorkshire on Friday afternoon and continued without intermission...

Accident at Thrybergh Hall – Inquest at Conisborough.

March 1893
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 31 March 1893 Accident at Thrybergh Hall Inquest at Conisborough. On Monday, at the Station Hotel, Conisborough, Mr. P. E....

Editorial – A Great Step Forward

30 September 1944
South Yorkshire Times, September 30th 1944 A Great Step Forward Having held the pass for a critical period in this greatest of wars Britain now proposes...

Editorial – The Fight for the Rhine

23 September 1944
South Yorkshire Times, September 23rd 1944 The Fight for the Rhine Since the last war the fact that Germany “gave in too soon” has often been...

Sailor- Fearn, Lawrence – Letter From Monty

September 1944
South Yorkshire Times, September 23rd, 1944 Letter From Monty Miss Vera Fearn, “Rookwood,” Rockingham Road, Swinton, has received letters from General Montgomery and General Alexander thanking...

Editorial – The Nazi Struggle for Survival

16 September 1944
South Yorkshire Times, September 16th 1944 The Nazi Struggle for Survival Hitler’s boasts that he had thrust the war six hundred miles from the frontiers of...

Editorial – The Nazi Struggle for Survival

16 September 1944
South Yorkshire Times, September 16th 1944 The Nazi Struggle for Survival Hitler’s boasts that he had thrust the war six hundred miles from the frontiers of...

Hit By Huge Stone – Swinton Collier Killed

September 1944
South Yorkshire Times, September 16th 1944 Hit By Huge Stone Swinton Collier Killed While working in the Silkstone seam in the number three pit at Manvers Main...

Editorial – Sparring For the Knock-Out

9 September 1944
South Yorkshire Times, September 9th 1944 Sparring For the Knock-Out Where the German army overran Holland, Belgium, and France in a matter of weeks the Allies...

Soldier – Hill, Ronald – Wounded in Burma

September 1944
South Yorkshire Times, September 9th 1944 Wounded in Burma L/Cpl. Ronald Hill (20), only son of Mr. and Mrs. Rob Hill of 27, Cromwell Road, Mexborough,...

Editorial – How Long?

2 September 1944
South Yorkshire Times, September 2nd 1944 How Long? Allied armies are now deploying on the battlefields of the last war.  Names rendered familiar by the swaying...

Footballer Signs

September 1944
South Yorkshire Times, September 2nd 1944 Footballer Signs Dick Woffinden, of Kilnhurst, the well-known local player, who was recently given his release by Barnsley F.C. has...

Soldier – Hinchliffe, Harry – Broadcasts with Army Service

August 1944
South Yorkshire Times, August 26th, 1944 Broadcasts with Army Service A Kilnhurst man is one of the members of the staff of the Army Broadcasting Service,...